Easy Potato Salad Recipe (north German style): Oma's Kartoffelsalat
Oma's quick and easy potato salad recipe can be made from scratch within 30 minutes! Use her method to alter your own recipe into a quick one.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- approx. 3 pounds potatoes, cut up, approx. 8 cups (see notes below)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup liquid from dill pickles
- ¼ - 1 small onion, chopped (amount is your preference)
- 3 - 4 dill pickles, chopped (more or less to taste)
- salt and pepper to season
- dill weed to season
Instructions
- 1
Wash and cut up unpeeled potatoes (see notes below). Put in pot with hot water, 1 tsp salt, and bring to boil. Watch that it doesn't boil over (it foams).
- 2
Boil potatoes for about 10 minutes, until just tender. DO NOT OVERCOOK. Meanwhile, in serving bowl, add mayonnaise and pickle juice. Whisk until smooth.
- 3
Add chopped onion and dill pickle to dressing.
- 4
Drain potatoes when tender. Return them in the pot to the heat momentarily to steam the potatoes dry, shaking the pot occasionally so they don't burn. Then add them to dressing in serving bowl. Mix gently.
- 5
Season with extra salt, pepper, and dill weed.
- 6
Serve hot, warm, or cold. The longer you let it stand, the more flavor is developed, but it does taste great immediately.